The Blue Man's Wise Words

The Blue Man tells Eddie, “That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another that you can separate a breeze from the wind.” This quote is one of the main lessons throughout the story since Eddie’s life is connected to the lives of every person he meets in heaven. Even though three of the people he meets in heaven were complete strangers, Eddie’s actions had affected each of their lives or vice-versa. The Blue Man’s wise words become the novel’s main theme, as each person shares a story that connects their life to Eddie’s. To begin, the first person Eddie meets in heaven is the Blue Man. This man’s lesson was that all lives are connected and that no acts are random. His story of how

Eddie indirectly caused the Blue Man’s death by running to grab his baseball from the street. This caused a short chain of events that lead to the Blue’s Man 's tragic death. This connects to the Blue Man 's quote because Eddie’s actions were not random. His actions connected his life to that of the Blue Man’s and showed that you can not separate the story of one life to the other. The third person Eddie met in heaven was an elderly woman named Ruby. Ruby’s lesson explains the importance of forgiveness. Ruby says on page one hundred and sixteen, “‘Emile hired hundreds of workers, municipal workers and carnival workers and foreign workers. He brought in animals and acrobats and clowns. The entrance was the last thing finished, and it was truly grand. Everyone said so. When it was complete, he took me there with a cloth blindfold over my eyes. When he removed the blindfold, I saw it.’” Emilie was Ruby’s husband, who built Ruby Pier just for her. Because Emile constructed the pier for her, he and Ruby indirectly affected Eddie, who worked his entire adult life at Ruby Pier. If it weren’t for Ruby and her husband, Eddie would

This situation relates to the Blue Man’s quote because it shows how Ruby and Emile’s actions affected Eddie’s life, and how their lives are connected. The last person Eddie met in heaven was a young girl named Tala. Tala’s role was to show Eddie that his life was significant and meaningful since he protected all children who visited Ruby Pier. The text states on page one hundred and eighty-eight, “‘You were in the Philippines...the shadow...in that hut…’ ‘The nipa. Ina say be safe there. Wait for her. Be safe. The big noise. Big fire. You burn me.’ She shrugged her narrow shoulders. ‘Not safe.’” When Eddie was fighting in the Philippines, he was captured by the enemy and held hostage. When he and his comrades escaped,